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Paul Dunne at the Open

Just over for hours from now, amateur golfer Paul Dunne will be teeing off on his final round at The Open in St Andrews, sitting in the joint-lead with Jason Day and Louis Oosthuizen, and aiming to be the first amateur to win the tournament since 1930.

Already it’s an incredible story, and Dunne, who started his career at Greystones Golf Club, County Wicklow, at the age of 10, has made headlines around the world.

Joining Sean on the line were Karl Holmes, the golf pro at the Greystones Club who has mentored Paul for more than a decade and Shane O'Donoghue.

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The Adoption Bill

The Adoption (information and tracing) Bill is to be discussed at this week's cabinet meeting. It's expected that the new legislation could give adopted people the right to their birth certificates for the first time.

Senator Averil Power who is herself adopted and has been campaigning for this issue for a long time joined Sean on the line, aswell as recently returned to the Labour Party, TD Anne Ferris.

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Spike Island Excavations

It has housed everyone from Irish Nationalist John Mitchell to notorious Dublin criminal Martin The General Cahill, and for the next few weeks Spike Island, at the entrance to Cork harbour, is home to a team of archaeologists. Our reporter Brian O’Connell has been to Spike Island to find out why they are there.

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Weekend Sport

While Paul Dunne’s exploits at The Open are rightly dominating the sports bulletins today, it was a big weekend of football finals for the GAA, and another controversial weekend on the Tour de France.

Joining Sean studio to review the weekend’s sport was Eugene McGee, columnist with the Irish Independent and former Offaly Manager, Ciaran Whelan, former Dublin footballer and Paul Kimmage, author and journalist.

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